Improvement in metallic posts for wire fences



. R. E. DLETZ. Metallic Post for Wire-Pence.

No. 217,516. Pa t ented July 15,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ROBERT E. DIETZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC POSTS FOR WIRE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,516, dated July15,1879; application filed February 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT E. DrE'rz, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvementsin Metallic Posts for Wire Fences, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is designed to provide a strong, cheap, andeasily-manufactured metallicpostfor wire fences; and it comprises ametal fence-post consisting, essentially, of a flat or angular uprightand a flat horizontal basebar, which is attached at its center to thefoot of the upright, and which has its end portions bent upward andinward, twisted a quarter-turn, or thereabout, and with theirextremities fastened to the upright at a point above the foot thereof.By this means the desired object is secured, the post being made of onlytwo pieces of metal, riveted or fastened together in such form that theupright is firmly held in its vertical position and securely bracedagainst lateral displacement when the post is applied to use.

Figure 1 is an elevation, showing my said invention. Fig. 2 is a likeView, taken at right angles to Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec tionof the upright when made of angleiron. Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations,showing the invention as made with an upright of bar-iron.

A is the upright, formed of a single straight piece of bar or of angleiron. B is the basebar, formed of a single piece of bar-iron, riveted atits center to the foot of the upright A, as shown at a. The middleportion of this bar is horizontal, as represented in Figs. 1 and 5; butthe end portions are bent at d, and

brought upward and inward until their extremities reach the upright A ata point several inches above the foot of said upright. Each end portionof the base-bar B, turned upward and inward, as just described, istwisted to a quarterturn at 0, so that while the middle or horizontalportion of said base-bar lies tlat in a horizontal plane, theextremities are brought into a vertical plane, so as to lie fiat againstthe upright A. These extremities are then riveted or otherwise firmlyfastened to said upright, as shown at c.

l/Vooden foot-pieces O may be placed in the bends a. to give breadth tothe support of the upright in a direction at right angles to that of thebasebar B but when the wires of the fence are firmly attached to theuprights these foot-pieces may be dispensed with. c

The wires may be attached to' the uprights in any suitable wayas, forexample, bypassing them through slots 9 into holes f in the uprights,and then tightening against them lips j", provided in suitable proximityto the said holes and slots.

WVh-at I claim as my invention is- The metal fence-post hereindescribed, consisting, essentially, of a fiat or angular upright, A, anda flat base-bar, B, attached at a, and running horizontally and bentupward and inward, and twisted and fastened to the upright at c,substantially as and for the purpose set forth. l

ROBERT E. DIETZ.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. LAMB, H. WELLS, Jr.

